November 30th

 Today we began exploring Global Goal #2, Zero Hunger. We had a GoogleMeet with Jen from the food shelf who talked to us about what a food shelf is and why we need them in communities.

We are collecting large, brown paper bags to decorate for the food shelf. Please send in any bags that we could use.

We read  a great story about the colors we eat. Today at lunch we made lots of connections with the food we ate too.

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November 19th

 

Today the children wrote a response to another wonderful Pete the Cat story. The children wrote something that happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story with detailed illustrations.

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November 18th

 Today's Inquiry Challenge:

Then share your weather observations on Seesaw. Mrs. D. will add all work to our inquiry padlet too. Have fun exploring the weather. I shared photos below of what the weather is like where I live.

November 17th

 

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The children are busy connecting the Global goals to the exploration we are involved in about the environment. Our classroom map helps us think about what the land and water are like in other places in the world. This helps us make connections with our positive actions can make a difference for everyone.

November 16th

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Today the children worked in different literacy stations where they had hands-on opportunities to create the sight words and letters we are exploring in kindergarten.

Today we read another great Pete the Cat story. The children wrote about their favorite part and created a detailed illustration with Mr. E.

We continue to think about connecting our daily actions of being less wasteful with #15 Life On Land. 

November 13th

 

The children created weather gauges to begin to collect water. This will be interesting to observe over time to see how much water is collected and to think about how the weather impacts moisture.

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November 12th

 

Today the children continued to read different Pete the Cat books. Today the children explored rhyme. This included identifying rhymes and producing them through a playful story.

The children continue to log the weather daily in their weather journals too and make observations just like a meteorologist.

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November 11th

 Today's Inquiry Challenge:

Mrs. D.'s photos below. What do you notice?

November 10th

 Today the children are enjoying another Pete the Cat story. These books are wonderful for rhyming and making predictions.

The children have been enjoying working in their weather journals and making predictions about the weather. Today we explore temperature and how this impacts the air and land.

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November 7th

 

As we explore the world and the Global Goals we continue to connect our positive actions with our daily life in kindergarten. This week your child will be coming home with their own Global Goal sheet that they can use to cut out the goals and put up around their home when they do an action that supports a goal.

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November 6th

 

We read to wonderful stories about One and Two. The stories touch upon the value of friendship and self-discovery. One helps us explore the idea of what happens when others are picked on in an unkind way and what we can do to be helpful and model kindness.

The children made many mathematical connections like number recognition, counting order, making predictions about what number is next, and number formation. The books also helped us explore odd and even numbers too!

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November 5th

 Today we read a wonderful story about the life of a worm. We explored story characters and we noticed that some books have special features like the date. This can help us understand where and what time of year an observation is being made.

We used Chatterpix to share what we learned about worms. Look for your child's Chatterpix in their Seesaw journal.

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November 4th

 Today we explored different types of patterns. A,B,A,B and others. Today you will be creating patterns of things you find in nature.  Have fun and post on Seesaw when done.

Pictured below are some of the patterns I created.

Today's Inquiry Challenge:

November 2nd

 Today your child is coming home with some amazing National Geographic books to keep. These books were funded by a few generous people. Happy Exploring!

This morning we used Skype as a way to connect with a forest ranger in Yellowstone National Park. The children had great questions and were so engaged.

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